Comments on: Is Steve Jobs better than me? http://www.mypolaropposite.com/2009/09/10/is-steve-jobs-better-than-me/ Writer. Geek. Mental health advocate. Sarcastic smartypants. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:47:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Asia http://www.mypolaropposite.com/2009/09/10/is-steve-jobs-better-than-me/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Asia Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:38:44 +0000 http://mypolaropposite.wordpress.com/?p=311#comment-38 Wow I just cant understand how selfish some people are about universal health care, I am a single parent and full-time college student with no health care. What would happen to my children if something were to happen to me? foster care HELL NO that is not acceptable. WHY cant you people(greedy republicans) get it. Wow I just cant understand how selfish some people are about universal health care, I am a single parent and full-time college student with no health care. What would happen to my children if something were to happen to me? foster care HELL NO that is not acceptable. WHY cant you people(greedy republicans) get it.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.mypolaropposite.com/2009/09/10/is-steve-jobs-better-than-me/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Sarah Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:13:53 +0000 http://mypolaropposite.wordpress.com/?p=311#comment-37 Sept. 12 is the one-year anniversary of my father's Whipple Procedure, the same 8-hour surgery that Steve Jobs had in 2004 to remove tumors of the pancreas. As T. Lynn notes, Steve Jobs has the best health care money can buy; my dad, who is 69, has Medicare. They're both still alive and thriving. Single-payer health care WORKS and provides EXCELLENT care for older Americans. If my father had gotten pancreatic cancer at the age Steve Jobs did (49) he'd probably have died from it. Unlike Jobs, my dad would've been at the mercy of insurance companies who would've stonewalled his treatment and then charged him a fortune in co-pays and "uncovered" expenses. Thank God my dad was LUCKY and got cancer after the age of 65. Steve Jobs got a liver transplant in Tennessee this year. He does not live in Tennessee. Check out this article on CNN.com, which explains how Jobs's great wealth moved him to the front of the line for a transplant in our for-profit medical system. http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/24/liver.transplant.priority.lists/ Steve Jobs DOESN'T deserve better medical care than the rest of us (under 65). But he's getting it. Everyone should support a single-payer health system. Sept. 12 is the one-year anniversary of my father’s Whipple Procedure, the same 8-hour surgery that Steve Jobs had in 2004 to remove tumors of the pancreas. As T. Lynn notes, Steve Jobs has the best health care money can buy; my dad, who is 69, has Medicare. They’re both still alive and thriving.

Single-payer health care WORKS and provides EXCELLENT care for older Americans. If my father had gotten pancreatic cancer at the age Steve Jobs did (49) he’d probably have died from it. Unlike Jobs, my dad would’ve been at the mercy of insurance companies who would’ve stonewalled his treatment and then charged him a fortune in co-pays and “uncovered” expenses. Thank God my dad was LUCKY and got cancer after the age of 65.

Steve Jobs got a liver transplant in Tennessee this year. He does not live in Tennessee. Check out this article on CNN.com, which explains how Jobs’s great wealth moved him to the front of the line for a transplant in our for-profit medical system.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/24/liver.transplant.priority.lists/

Steve Jobs DOESN’T deserve better medical care than the rest of us (under 65). But he’s getting it. Everyone should support a single-payer health system.

]]> By: SadinPhilly http://www.mypolaropposite.com/2009/09/10/is-steve-jobs-better-than-me/comment-page-1/#comment-36 SadinPhilly Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:01:51 +0000 http://mypolaropposite.wordpress.com/?p=311#comment-36 This is the first time I'm writing to your bloog as opposed to facebook (we need to exchange email addresses by the way) so first let me say that I am so proud of you for writing this as well as starting this blog. It's everything a good blog should be. I have long wanted to start one but haven't, although for many reasons, I may soon do so. When you said "a random job with no health insurance" it hit me in the gut because that's me. Long story short, things have not turned out as I planned and I think one of the things people don't get about this whole debate is that not having health care insurance isn't just about not being able to afford to see the doctor; it's also about being afraid to do stuff. Ever since I have gone without coverage I think about things before I do them. I'm like, I can't take that bike ride, especially without the helmet because I have no coverage and if I take a bad fall, I'll be screwed. It's little decisions like that. And when you need to lose weight to get your blood pressure down and improve your appearance as well, it's awfully depressing to be unable to exercise because you have no insurance and you're afraid you'll aggravate any conditions you may have a little further. So instead of being able to take proactive steps to help yourself get healthy,not having health insurance contributes to you being unhealthier. But my story gets murkier. See I cobbled together some care via a low cost clinic which I can barely swing as it is what with my loans but thankfully my medications are generic. But there's cancer in my family. Very close in my family and a very bad cancer at that. And every time I feel an ache or a twinge or sneeze or something, I think "what if? What will I do?" So here it is... my first "blog post" if you will, on your blog. Who knows how it'll all turn out. If they'll be able to run the tests to figure out if something is wrong with me. And if something seriously is, then what? What do I do then? Moreover, the fear of getting something is turning me into a hypochondriac and that's not a good way to live. And having a Republican friend who is opposed to health care reform and knows that I'm going without coverage and that there is cancer in my family and that she seemingly does not care because universal coverage is "wrong" or too costly is sometimes what's most painful. Ain't life grand? This is the first time I’m writing to your bloog as opposed to facebook (we need to exchange email addresses by the way) so first let me say that I am so proud of you for writing this as well as starting this blog. It’s everything a good blog should be. I have long wanted to start one but haven’t, although for many reasons, I may soon do so.
When you said “a random job with no health insurance” it hit me in the gut because that’s me. Long story short, things have not turned out as I planned and I think one of the things people don’t get about this whole debate is that not having health care insurance isn’t just about not being able to afford to see the doctor; it’s also about being afraid to do stuff. Ever since I have gone without coverage I think about things before I do them. I’m like, I can’t take that bike ride, especially without the helmet because I have no coverage and if I take a bad fall, I’ll be screwed. It’s little decisions like that. And when you need to lose weight to get your blood pressure down and improve your appearance as well, it’s awfully depressing to be unable to exercise because you have no insurance and you’re afraid you’ll aggravate any conditions you may have a little further. So instead of being able to take proactive steps to help yourself get healthy,not having health insurance contributes to you being unhealthier. But my story gets murkier.
See I cobbled together some care via a low cost clinic which I can barely swing as it is what with my loans but thankfully my medications are generic. But there’s cancer in my family. Very close in my family and a very bad cancer at that. And every time I feel an ache or a twinge or sneeze or something, I think “what if? What will I do?”
So here it is… my first “blog post” if you will, on your blog. Who knows how it’ll all turn out. If they’ll be able to run the tests to figure out if something is wrong with me. And if something seriously is, then what? What do I do then? Moreover, the fear of getting something is turning me into a hypochondriac and that’s not a good way to live.
And having a Republican friend who is opposed to health care reform and knows that I’m going without coverage and that there is cancer in my family and that she seemingly does not care because universal coverage is “wrong” or too costly is sometimes what’s most painful.
Ain’t life grand?

]]> By: 自存倉 http://www.mypolaropposite.com/2009/09/10/is-steve-jobs-better-than-me/comment-page-1/#comment-35 自存倉 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:12:15 +0000 http://mypolaropposite.wordpress.com/?p=311#comment-35 Steve Jobs is my hero. He is very positive & creative. He is a man struggling for health,wealth & prosperity. Hope he can last for more 50 years. Tony 香港仔時昌<a href="http://www.self-storage-hk.com/" rel="nofollow">自存倉</A> Steve Jobs is my hero.
He is very positive & creative.
He is a man struggling for health,wealth & prosperity.
Hope he can last for more 50 years.
Tony

香港仔時昌自存倉

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